Three NER essays were selected as “Notables” in Best American Essays 2013, edited by Cheryl Strayed and Robert Atwan.

In addition to Matthew Vollmer’s “Keeper of the Flame” being selected for inclusion in the collection, three more essays were cited as “Notables.” Those cited were Karen Holmberg’s “Songs and Calls of the Human Species” (33.1), Eileen Pollack’s “Ranch House,” (32.4), and Francis-Noel Thomas’s “Tea” (33.1).

A full list of selections and notables can be found on the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt website, and the book can be purchase there and at your local booksellers.